gas line

gas line (plural gas lines)

1. A pipe or hose connecting a gas appliance to the main supply of natural gas for the apartment, office or building.

   Coordinate terms: gas burner, gas jet

   The gas line in each apartment should have a ball valve for emergency shutoffs.

2. A queue out of a service station where people in automobiles wait their turn to make a purchase of gasoline.

   The gas lines sometimes wrapped around the block in 1973.

3. A pipeline used to transport natural gas.

   Call before you dig — there is a gas line buried in the area.

4. The tubing that carries gasoline in a vehicle from the gas tank to the engine.

   Hypernym: fuel line

   On older models, the gas line feeds the carburetor and has a replaceable fuel filter.

• (natural gas hookups or pipelines): gasworks, gas works

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